Beyond Intractability: A Free Knowledge Base on More Constructive Approaches to Destructive Conflict

Development and Conflict: Introduction
	Olympio Barbanti, who is a Brazilian economist talks about a new, 'softer,' view of development.
	Olympio Barbanti describes how development efforts have caused conflict in the Brazilian Amazon.
	Palestinian peacebuilder Mohammed Abu-Nimer suggests that dialogue is more effective if it is done in the context of development activities.

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What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the window pane? -- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

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